Kelantan Timor was a federal constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Federal Legislative Council from 1955 to 1959.
 Kelantan constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1955 |
| Constituency abolished | 1959 |
| First contested | 1955 |
| Last contested | 1955 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1955 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Federal Legislative Council under the first past the post voting system.[1]
History edit
It was abolished in 1959 when it was redistributed.
Representation history edit
| Members of Parliament for Kelantan Timor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1955-1959 | Nik Hassan Nik Yahya (نئ حسن نئ يحي) |
Alliance (UMNO) |
| Constituency abolished, split into Bachok and Pasir Puteh | |||
State constituency edit
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Kelantan Timor | Bachok Selatan | ||||||
| Bachok Utara | |||||||
| Pasir Puteh Selatan | |||||||
| Pasir Puteh Utara | |||||||
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Nik Hasan Nik Yahya | 30,954 | 81.14 | |||
| NEGARA | Ahmad Dato Nara di-Raja | 4,019 | 10.54 | |||
| PMIP | Mohamed Asri Muda | 2,292 | 6.01 | |||
| Independent | Mohamed Ibrahim | 883 | 2.31 | |||
| Total valid votes | 38,148 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 38,148 | 84.72 | ||||
| Registered electors | 45,028 | |||||
| Majority | 6,438 | 70.60 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||
References edit
- ^ "Parliamentary Democracy system in Malaysia". www.parlimen.gov.my. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "How To People Voted". The Straits Times. July 29, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "People and Parties in the Pools". The Straits Times. June 16, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.